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BROOCH
Unique ID: NMS-5A4418
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete, worn and corroded Iron Age-Roman copper alloy Colchester type one-piece brooch, with forward-facing hook, spring, pin and foot missing. Short undecorated wings (one broken), tapering oval-sectioned bow with traces of median groove. Extant length 50.5mm. Extant wingspan 10mm. c.20-c.75 AD.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 20
Date to: Circa AD 75
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 50.5 mm
Width: 10 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 12th September 2017 - Monday 9th October 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: KLMD102017
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Incised or engraved or chased
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: East Cambridgeshire (District)
Parish or ward: Littleport (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL5391
Four figure Latitude: 52.49545114
Four figure longitude: 0.25229695
1:25K map: TL5391
1:10K map: TL59SW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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